I'm glad Benny brought this up because I'm looking for a new way to do cards.
I always enjoyed the look of the Galen Rowell cards that were sold by Mountain Light Gallery before it closed a couple of years ago. They featured small images (4.25" x 6.5") printed on high quality paper, affixed to 7" x 10" scored card stock. I thought they looked great; like holding miniature versions of Galen's prints.
Over the past few years, I emulated the MLG approach by printing 4" x 6" images on Hahnemühle Photo Rag and Photo Rag Baryta, cutting the prints down to full bleed with my Rotatrim, affixing them (using iCraft Tape Runner permanent adhesive) to scored Red River card stock and putting them (and envelopes) in clear-top boxes purchased from U-Line.
They look nice and people seem to like them, but I'd never recommend my method if you're trying make a business out of making cards. It's too time-consuming. In fact, I don't even try to sell them. I give them to friends, family and people who have an interest in my work. If someone insists on paying for them (yes, it's happened
) I have them make a donation to a local charity. So, a terrible business model, but, hopefully, decent marketing with a dash of good karma.
I would like to get to a point where I can print high quality cards in a much more efficient way and will be interested in learning how other folks do it.
Best,
Jeff